Is 'Mrs. Doubtfire' sexist and transphobic? | The Tylt

"Mrs. Doubtfire" is still revered as a classic, and '90s kids were excited to relive the film as adults. Today called it one or Robin Williams' best films.

Even decades after Williams put on a frumpy dress for 1993's "Mrs. Doubtfire," the character he created is still indelible. In 2013, Williams himself slyly pointed out a resemblance between his voice-actor dad disguised as a female housekeeper and Kim Kardashian in a certain floral maternity dress. And it wasn't really that tough to imagine the character's own children not recognizing him as a woman — Williams could disappear into a character like no one else.

But in 2018, some viewers are more conscious of what they watch. Some argue "Mrs. Doubtfire" wasn't as innocent as it appeared to be. The film follows a man who dresses up as a female nanny in order to spend time with his kids. And according to Ranker, the film is transphobic:

You know the scene, when Mrs. Doubtfire is caught by one of the Lawrence boys peeing standing up. It's how Williams's son discovers that dear old dad is actually his nanny, and it's embarrassing for multiple reasons. First of all, we're watching a grown man urinate and there's nothing great about that visual. Secondly, the fact that a teenage boy thinks that he needs to immediately out the trans person because he WALKED IN ON THEM GOING TO THE BATHROOM is one of the dumbest, most mean-spirited conceits in a film.